ís

See also: Appendix:Variations of "is"

Faroese

Noun

ís

accusative and genitive singular of ísur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse íss.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iːs/
Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

ís m (genitive singular íss, nominative plural ísar)

ice ^syn.
Um það bil 81% af yfirborði Grænlands er þakið ís.
About 81% of Greenland's surface is covered by ice.
ice cream ^syn.
Langar þig í ís?
Do you want some ice cream?

Declension

declension of ís

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s1	singular		plural
nominative	ís	ísinn	ísar	ísarnir
accusative	ís	ísinn	ísa	ísana
dative	ísi / ís	ísnum	ísum	ísunum
genitive	íss	íssins	ísa	ísanna

Synonyms

(ice):^def. klaki
(ice cream):^def. rjómaís

Derived terms

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸīssu, from Proto-Indo-European *pedsú, locative plural of *pṓds (“foot”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iːs/

Adverb

ís

down (denoting low position)
Synonym: uas

Derived terms

anís

Descendants

Irish: aníos, síos, thíos
Scottish Gaelic: nìos, shìos, sìos

Further reading

C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 ís”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 131

Old Norse

Noun

ís

accusative singular of íss

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